Mercury Contaminated Soil in Sweden

Svartsjoana, Sweden is the end site of the species diverse and highly valuable Eman river. Svartsjoana, has served as the sedimentation basin for mercury laden pulp fibres coming from a nearby paper mill. Dredging of 260000m3 of Svartsjoana sedimentation began in 2006, being captured in Geotube® units with the addition of polymers.